HEDMARK

fylke (county), southeastern Norway. It borders Sweden to the east for about 235 miles (378 km) and has an area of 10,575 square miles (27,388 square km); the county seat is at Hamar, on the east bank of Lake Mjsa. Mountainous in the north and northwest, the fylke barely touches the high ranges of the Dovrefjell and Rondane. The area shows evidences of heavy glaciation in its many narrow north-south-trending lakes and river valleys. The largest lakes are Femund (in the north, partly in Sr-Trndelag fylke) and Mjsa. The principal valley is sterdalen, which bears the Glomma (Glma) River; the Rena River is an important tributary. The population is mainly concentrated in the rich agricultural district adjoining Lake Mjsa to the southeast. The county's extensive forests supply much of Norway's timber; logs are floated down the Glomma to the coast. Pyrites are mined in Folldalen (Foll Valley), in the northwest, near the Dovrefjell. Pop. (1997 est.) 186,021.